A neon-lit Route 66 stop in Illinois filled with statues, milkshakes, fries, and old-school charm: easy to love, hard to forget, and worth slowing down for.

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...

People-proofing cars has proven harder than anyone might have imagined when Chicagoans were taking out their Model T’s for Sunday drives on the Mother Road.

Stop by this Route 66 diner in Illinois for classic comfort food, crispy fries, and big portions that’ll fuel your next ...

BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, Ill., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VisitBN (the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau) announced a yearlong celebration of the centennial of Historic Route 66 in ...

With the iconic Route 66 turning 100 in 2026, there's no better time to visit the birthplace of the 'Main street of America' in Illinois. The roadtrippers' dream route touches on a dozen historic ...

Leaders gathered Tuesday in Downtown Bloomington to announce a yearlong celebration for the 100th anniversary of Route 66. Organizers expect an influx of tourism tied to the celebration of the famed ...

World-renown Route 66 starts in downtown Chicago. But you’ll want to motor west to Springfield, roughly 200 miles from the Windy City, to find the best of the Mother Road. “The big cities don’t have ...

The Road Ahead Partnership today announced that Harley-Davidson has been named the Official Motorcycle of the Route 66 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Museum is launching an online database of 100 oral histories about Route 66. The Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews ...

This year Route 66, America’s “Mother Road”, turns 100. Running for 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, the world’s ...